At SRC we do not believe that solar can ever contribute a significant amount of energy to a national grid. We also believe that the panels themselves are not environmentally friendly as they are made with many toxic elements that are difficult to extract and even more difficult to reclaim and reuse.
However, it makes sense under some circumstances to use them. How about this, smart use of space and panels? Keeps cyclists in the shade or out of rain, and generates energy for the grid. Most importantly, the panels aren’t being an eyesore in the countryside. Well done, South Korea.
South Korea 🇰🇷
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) June 19, 2024
A motorway that stretches for 20 miles has a huge solar panel strip down the middle with a subterranean cycle path underneath. This type of renewable energy innovation certainly beats the crass logic of plastering mass-scale solar panels on prime farmland. pic.twitter.com/EclXg8Kru3
These aren’t quite as aesthetically pleasing but they are very efficient. In Jersey, British Isles.
Great to see robotic Solar ‘sun-tracking’ SmartFlowers now fully operational at Badier Farm, St Lawrence #JerseyCI Providing clean, sustainable domestic energy with @Tesla powerwall installed by @sun_works & https://t.co/x7jJS5DnAt #cleanenergy #solarflower pic.twitter.com/Zsx6OABbic
— Dep. Lyndon Farnham (@lyndonfarnham) September 13, 2020
Using land set aside for other use, especially here on this runway where no one will see them is a great setting for solar panels. And as people see then daily, there’s a good chance they will be disposed of correctly when their life is over.
Great to see @BirminghamInt making use of its sound-dampener runway hills to install a large array of solar panels 👏🏻 A smart use of available land (& will also help further reduce aircraft noise too) 👍 pic.twitter.com/TNqxe5EvuF
— Steve Bradley 🇺🇦 (@bradley_steve) May 1, 2024